State and Federal Gambling News in the USA

Below you will find the latest gambling news on a State and Federal level in the United States. The gambling news covers information on topics such as online poker, daily fantasy sports betting, commercial casinos, state lotteries, racetrack wagering, casinos games on the internet, land-based poker rooms, charitable gaming, and tribal casinos to name a few. Basically, anything related to gambling in the USA on a State-by-State or Federal level will be covered including online and land-based activities.


The lawmaker best associated with trying to get California to adopt a legal and regulated online poker regime, Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer, has said that he will not be pushing a bill on the issue this year. Instead, Jones-Sawyer will try to reignite the bill next year if...
 

Lawmakers continue to battle it out over the right of other areas in New Jersey to offer brick and mortar casinos. At present, casinos are only allowed in Atlantic City but opponents say that more casinos across the state could bring in more revenue. There is now a growing...
 

According to Bloomberg, the New York based phone giant, Verizon Communications Inc. is mulling the possibility of entering the sports betting industry. This comes as the Supreme Court is in the process of deciding about the status of sports betting, which could become a legal...
 

Will Wynn Resorts be able to survive following the dramatic resignation of its chief architect and namesake, Steve Wynn? Global investment firms hurried to offer their opinions on the future of this $18 billion casino, entertainment and hotel conglomerate after the 76 year old...
 

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board issued a statement this week where it announced that it would be accepting applications from gambling operators and suppliers for online gaming licenses from the beginning of April this year. The press release, titled rather...
 

As public sentiment shifts towards favoring the introduction of legal and regulated sports betting throughout the United States, many are wondering whether this will be the last year that most Americans will be placing illegal bets on the nation's largest sporting event - the...
 

At least two gambling authorities in different states have opened investigations into sexual misconduct allegations against Steve Wynn, the US casino mogul. Nevada's Gaming Control Board said on Tuesday that it was pursuing an investigation, after the Wall Street...
 

After a tough three years, in which more than 11,000 people lost their jobs in the Atlantic City casino market with the closure of five gambling establishments, things are finally starting to look up. The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, which operated formerly as the Taj Mahal,...
 

Could we be seeing a two decade moratorium on any form of gambling expansion in the state of Florida? Sponsors of bill PCB TGC-18-01, certainly hope so. The bill, which has already been approved by the Florida House Tourism and Gaming Control Subcommittee, is the revival of a...
 

Dan Spillane, attorney for the National Basketball Association (NBA), shared the sports association's vision for sports betting in the United States, should New Jersey's bid to have federal betting laws overturned prove to be successful. New Jersey is seeking to have the 1992...
 
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